Varsity Match

: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:51 pm

retirethename wrote:

I am sorry but for years the game was played at London Welsh, and before that Headingly. It has always been promoted by the RFL / Students RL. Quins RL have only recently got more involved by the fact the game has been moved to the Stoop - I suppose to promote more awareness (just like Australia v NZ in October, or Quins v Manly). If it where still at London Welsh would you expect the club to say Season tickets in free, denying the Stundent RL some funds?

Sorry but a free ticket would not make a difference to me. I either want to go to the game or I don't. If I do go I expect to pay and contribute hard cash to grassroots development.

I really feel this forum is just picking on aspects of the clubs marketing for the sake of it. Everyone agrees the marketing could be better, we all have our great ideas to solve it - but I suspect the club has to look at it's budgets and say £20K for adds this month or players wages. Which will win everytime?

Bottom line we need a sugar daddy and quick. A sugar daddy who made millions from sports marketing would be the ultimate.

Suffice Quins RL marketing or not , a free ticket or not I won't be going to the Varsity game even though I could get there in time. I have however already booked for October and paid. I needed no incentive from Quins RL marketing for being a Season Ticket holder to go see the Aussie and Kiwi's (the Stoop beats QPR's ground by a country mile).

Quins RL are promoting this game, just like they did last year, that's why they've been distributing flyers at games etc. They had a chance to make something more of it, but they can't be arsed, that's the bottom line. I'm asuming that as this is being promoted as a RL fixture it will be the RL club who takes a cut of the bars etc, if that's not the case why are they even bothering to promote it (even if it is only half-arsed), the RU club aren't bothered?

As it happens I will go to the game and pay to get in, but that's because I'm one of those people who will turn up year in year out without having to be encouraged, but relying on people like me isn't enough. Besides the promotion of the Varsity game isn't so much about grass roots development as about trying to build a connection with a certain audience by creating a showpiece

Some sort of deal would have been nice, half-price with a season ticket, or a match stub from the Wigoon or Manly games. Maybe even give free tickets to people who purchased tickets for Manly etc. Even if nobody uses them it's a sign of goodwill, and if people do use them then they may get some money over the bar.

You talk about £20k for advertising yet miss the fact that the Varsity match is a cheap option for building a bit of goodwill or loyalty but they're just not arsed about taking it. We got a decent bit of movement forward at the Manly game, but I can't see much momentum off the back of it at the moment, maybe we'll see a push on the Warrington game, I hope so.